Overview
This Spanish language module is designed for intermediate students who have completed SPAN904/004 Elementary Spanish 4 or have a high A2 standard of the language in the Common European Framework of Reference, for example a very good GCSE or a basic A level. Through a variety of methods students will develop an intermediate competence in reading, writing, listening, and speaking Spanish and an understanding of intermediate Spanish grammar. At the end of this 12-week module students will have reached a B1 proficiency level in the CEFR and will be able to connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences, events, dreams, and expectations and give their own opinion. They will be able to deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. They will have a good understanding of life and culture in Spanish-speaking countries and intercultural skills necessary for their language level.
Aims
1. To develop an upper intermediate competence in reading, writing, listening, and speaking Spanish equivalent to the B1 level in the CEFR.
2. To provide students with a solid understanding of upper intermediate Spanish grammar and to enable them to explore advanced structures independently.
3. To explore aspects of contemporary Spanish-speaking cultures through the medium of Spanish.
4. To develop students' language learning strategy use and a reflective approach towards language learning.
Learning Outcomes
1. Apply increasingly complex reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in line with the B1 level in Spanish in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
2. Effectively communicate in Spanish in a variety of formal and informal situations.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of multiple aspects of contemporary Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures.
4. Critically reflect on and effectively apply language learning strategies.
Course Syllabus
Functional Content:
- Expressing prohibitions and duties
- Discussing past experiences and events
- Formulating hypotheses about the future
- Summarise the plot of a film or book
- Giving instructions, suggesting and advising
- Expressing complaints and wishes
- Offering solutions to a problem
Grammatical content
Quantifiers
- Verbal periphrases
- The Futuro Simple
- Discourse markers
- DO and IO pronoun collocations
- The Presente de Subjuntivo
Lexical content
- Social habits and traditions
- Work and occupations
- Challenges of the future
- Humanities and technology
- Advertising
- Social activism
Week 1: Unit 1 – Prohibido prohibir
Week 2: Unit 1
Week 3: Unit 2 – Volver a empezar
Week 4: Unit 2
Week 5: Unit 3 – Mañana
Week 6: Unit 3
Week 7: Unit 4 – Va y le dice…
Week 8: Unit 4
Week 9: Unit 5 – Busque y compare
Week 10: Unit 5/6
Week 11: Unit 6 – ¡Basta ya!
Week 12: Written and speaking tests will take place this week. Completing the assessment is required for students taking the course as part of their degree, or if they would like to have the course recorded in their HEAR.
For all other students, taking the tests is also strongly recommended, as a measure of your progress and learning.
Textbook details:
Aula Internacional 3 Plus Híbrida, Difusión, ISBN: 9788419236081 , around £40.
Available at Waterstones: Aula Internacional Plus 3 - Libro del alumno B1 + MP3 by Jaime Corpas, Carmen Soriano | Waterstones and Amazon: Aula internacional Plus 3 - Edición híbrida - Libro del alumno + audio MP3. B1: Libro del alumno + MP3 descargable 3 (B1) - EDICION H: Amazon.co.uk: Corpas, Jaime, Soriano, Carmen, Garmendia, Agustin: 9788419236081: Books
This textbook will be used in Stages 5 and 6.
Study Hours
The total number of study hours for this module is 150 hours, in line with undergraduate university modules. This includes class meetings, assessment preparation and self-directed study in line with guidance from the course lecturer.
If you are studying on the extracurricular mode, we recognise that the total number of hours that you may be able to study every week may depend on your availability and previous experience studying languages, however, expected contribution to classes, homework completion, and learning outcomes will not vary.
Course Lecturer: Dr Lourdes Salgado
Born in Ourense, Northwestern Spain, on the border with Portugal, Lourdes completed a MSc Psychology at the University of Liverpool and a PhD in Victorian Literature, which was awarded a Cum Laude, at the University of Salamanca, Spain. Her research focuses on power relations between servants and masters in Victorian sensationalist fiction from a Foucauldian and Chartist viewpoint. She has lectured on Spanish language and culture and Business Spanish for over ten years. She is an Assistant Examiner for the Spanish Diploma at the International Baccalaureate and a Cambridge Speaking Examiner. She has translated two books from English into Spanish and Galician language within the field of Children and Young Adults Literature in the 19th and 20th century and has several other publications. She is also a Portuguese and Spanish freelance interpreter.
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